How to tell colors in egyptian arabic

In this lesson you will learn how to Tell Colors and describe the color of objects in Egyptian Arabic:

Color - Foundations - Atlassian Design System

Telling the colors:

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colors

al alwan الألوان
black eswed

إسْود

white

abiad

أبـْيـَض
gray rosasi

رصاصى

blue

Azra’

أزْرَق

green

akhdar

أخضر
brown boni بُني
purple banafsegui

بنفسجى

red

ahmar

أحمر
orange borto’ani

برتقالى

yellow

asfar

أصفر


How to Describe the color of an object in Arabic

Note: There is a difference between Describing a male and a female also when pronouncing it.

The Sky is Blue and the clouds are white.

السماء زرقاء والسحب بيضاء – Both are female-

al sama zra’a we al sohob bida -Note we write the letter ء but we don’t pronounce it –

 

 


colors

Male/Female مذكر/ مؤنث
black eswed/Soda

إسْود/سوداء

white

abiad/bida

أبـْيـَض/بيضاء
gray rosasi/rosadia

رصاصى/رصاصية

blue

Azra’/zar’a

أزْرَق/زرقاء

green

akhdar/khdara

أخضر/خضراء
brown boni/boniah بُني/بُنية
purple banafsegui/banafseguiah

بنفسجى/بنفسجية

red

ahmar/hamra

أحمر/حمراء
orange borto’ani/borto’aniah

برتقالى/برتقالية

yellow

asfar/safra

أصفر/صفراء

Examples:

القطة ديه سودا

al’otah deh sodah

الكلب ده اسود

al kalb da aswad

البنت ديه شعرها أصفر وعينها خضرا

al bent deh sha3raha asfar we 3enha khdra

Now You can Tell all the colors in Colloquial Egyptian and describe colored objects.

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